Frequency of congenital defects and dominant lethals in the offspring of male mice treated with methylnitrosourea |
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| Institution: | 1. Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China;2. Ecology and Biodiversity Group, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands;3. Institute for Geosciences, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany;2. Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) & Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China;1. Department of Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany;2. Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, BG Unfallklinik Murnau, Murnau, Germany;3. Institute for Biological and Medical Imaging, Technische Universität München und Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany;4. Department of Radiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany;5. Institute for Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany;6. Institute for Experimental Oncology and Therapy Research and Institute of Molecular Immunology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany;7. Section of Neuroradiology, Uniklinik Köln, Cologne, Germany |
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| Abstract: | ICR strain male mice injected intraperitoneally with daily doses of MNU (5–25 mg/kg) for 5 days and mated to untreated virgin females of the same strain on days 1–7, 8–14, 15–21 and 64–80 after the last dose. Copulations during these periods involve, respectively, spermatozoa, late spermatids, early spermatids, and spermatogonial stem cells at the time of the last treatment. The uterine contents were examined on day 18 of pregnancy for post-implantation losses (dominant lethality). Fetuses were examined for exteranal and skeletal abnormalities. In contrast to the results reproted for specific-locus mutations, MNU treatment of either postmeiotic cells or spermatogonial stem cells caused dose-dependent significant increases in the incidence of congenital defects and of dominant lethals over the control levels. The relative sensitivity of germ cells sampled on days 1–7, 8–21 and 64–80 to MNU-induced congenital defects was 1:1.6:2. For the induction of dominant lethals, the sensitivity ratio was 1:1.8:0.5. It is proposed that congenital defects in the offspring of mice following paternal treatment with MNU may represent mostly chromasomal rather than genic changes. Cleft palate was the most frequent of the external abnormalities, which were significantly induced in every treatment series; fused ribs were the most frequent of the skeletal abnormalities, which were significatly induced in the treatment series for spermatogonial stem cells. |
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